Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Icyedge said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
gamelover2000 said:
Leo-J said: I predict a 100$ Price cut on the PS3 (at that time 400$) will make it have the biggest comeback ever!
Now personally I'd like to know what he thinks about it nowadays.
So vote and please post
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Beating the Xbox360 may be called a comeback.
Taking the wii may be called a biggest comeback ever.
The PS3 has not done either. It's just selling a lot better. And bragging about a forced 100$ pricecut like it was part of some plan, is rather silly. Why do people always forget that Sony's hand was forced - big time for Sony's part! Like Nintendo's was last year of Microsoft's before that.
In my opinion the PS3 isn't making a comeback.
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Its pretty obvious cutting price was part of the plan to make PS3 more accessible. When you release a home console at 600$ you know that only your hardcore fan will purchase it. And then slowly cut the price to make it more accessible while not loosing too much money was the obvious plan. And yes since september it have outsold xbox so there goes your " The PS3 has not done either". With the growing interest in HD, 3D and blu-ray, the PS3 at 199$ (in 1-2 years) will sell like hotcake. PS3 still has a lot of potential sales. 299$ is not a pricetag for casual nor impulsive purchase. Its not because you prefer another console that you need to be blind and a hater.
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Blind and hater??
first of all: All consolesmakers dropped the price because they had too. I just said that Sony had the biggest need for it. Which is true.
By beating the Xbox360: i mean passing its' total numbers off course. What else?
With another 2 year (likely start of a new generation) there is little chance that the PS3 wil pass the Xbox360 numbers. Microsoft is really keen on keeping it that way.
Lastly:
By any measure, a comeback is not a comeback when your ranking doesn't change. That's true and accepted in any competition.
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Ranking doesnt change ? What do you expect the PS3 to close a 8 Million gap within 6 months ? Even if the PS3 would have sold Wii like numbers it wouldnt be able to close the 8 Million gap.
Look at the yoy increase and say its no comeback. 2009 looked horrible worse then 2008 until the pricecut and after the pricecut everything changed it managed even to sell more then the 360 in the peak year by 2 Million units despite beeing down before the pricecut thats an comeback in my eyes. PS3 was often 3rd place before the pricecut. And after it it was a stable second place.
Compare September 2008-march 2009 and September 2009 and March 2010.
